Superweek packs up today and heads north to Wisconsin for the balance of the series, save for Sunday’s Evanston Grand Prix.

Some local highlights from the past three days of racing:

• » Between Ryan Freund‘s locomotive engine and Josh Carter‘s sprint, ABD has had a formidable 1-2 punch at its disposal, and they’ve been the top locals in the P/1/2 races. After several attacks lit up Tuesday’s race in Arlington Heights, Freund made the winning break of five, coming in 3rd. Carter meanwhile picked up two more top 10’s — 9th at Richton Park on Monday, 6th in Bensenville on Wednesday — and sits in 6th overall.
• » Tomasz Boba (WDT-Allvoi) has his own private podium, placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, in the 30+ 1/2/3. Teammate James Londono has also had a successful week, winning the 30+ 4/5 in both Richton Park and Arlington Heights and securing a good lead in the overall.
• » Hogan Sills (Verizon Wireless) immediately picked up where he left off in Champaign, winning the 3’s race in Richton Park and placing 2nd in Arlington Heights. Sunday’s winner Joe Bippus (South Chicago Wheelmen) has been consistently in the top 10 and now leads the overall.
• » Marshaling and course management has been satisfactory thus far, but a young girl on a bicycle rolled onto the Richton Park course during the P/1/2 course. Curtis Gunn (Fly V Australia) was buried in an attack and struck her bike in a violent collision, and the race was suspended while he was taken away in an ambulance. CyclingNews reports that he punctured a lung and broke ribs. The girl was unharmed.

Full Richton Park results. Full Arlington Heights results. Full Bensenville results.

Richton Park reports
Eric Bennett (Team VRC; P/1/2): “With a very short lap, the pace was going to be high, and there was a strong chance that a breakaway could lap the field.”

CyclingNews: “The bunching up of riders through some of the tight turns, coupled with sketchy riding made for some hair-raising experiences for a number of riders.”

Stephen Butler (Wheelfast; 30+ 4/5): “Through squinted eyes and clenched teeth I eyeballed about 10 riders in front of me.”

Hub Racing (W-P/1/2/3): “With six total up the road, Colavita was split apart for the first time this week and could only put one rider into the top five.”

Julia LaFranchise (Team VRC; W-P/1/2/3): “There was a small gap on the field so I got to the front and did my best to make the break stick.”

Dale Tye (Altarum Cycling; W-P/1/2/3): “Normally things come back together after a sprint as the sprinters recover from their efforts, but this time they had a reasonable gap and they kept on going!”

Chris Uberti (Panther/RGF; P/1/2): “If you’re scared of bumping shoulders and chopping fields in a sprint, Superweek is not for you.”

Andrew Zens (Spidermonkey Cycling; 4/5): “One guy yelled, ‘You gotta hold your line, or you are gonna kill all of us,’ and he couldn’t have been more dead on: This guy was gonna hurt one of us unless we dropped him off the back quick!”

Arlington Heights reports
Stephen Butler (Wheelfast; 30+ 4/5): “We bunched-up riders at the back lost a lot of momentum in the turn and had to accelerate extra hard to maintain contact with the front riders.”

Rob Curtis (Bicycle Heaven; 4/5, 30+ 4/5): “I’m tired. I suck. I’m too fat for this sport.”

Debbie Dust (PACT/Dish Network; W-P/1/2/3): “Hammer up the bumpy gutter between turns 7 and 8, pick through the holes and sprint my guts out as soon as I saw daylight.”

Adam Mills (Mercy; P/1/2): “Just being able to finish a Superweek race is an accomplishment.”

Avi Neurohr (Chicago Cuttin’ Crew; 4/5, 30+4/5): “I had a fantastic Italian beef sandwich and lemon ice from Johnnie’s.”

James Pradun (GDVC; 3): “I couldn’t even sprint because everyone was blocking after bonking.”

Mike Shea (Spidermonkey Cycling; 4/5): “I felt the effort but I actually felt good! But I didn’t go to the front. Why? Because I’m a dunce.”

Dale Tye (Altarum Cycling; W-P/1/2/3): “There were many riders keen to breakaway so the race was very active.”

Arlington Heights photos
John Wilke

Bensenville reports
Hub Racing (W-P/1/2/3): “The peloton took some of its hardest shots at Colavita today and for the first time, the leaders could’t win the race, and the peloton made them work.”

Chris Koster (XXX Racing-AthletiCo; 4/5): “We stretched it out and had the room to go into the tricky Turn 4 fast with a nice safe line.”

Adam Mills (Mercy; P/1/2): “We started as all the races have started thus far. Too fast. Maybe I should warm up? Nah, what’s the fun there?”

William Pankonin (XXX Racing-AthletiCo; 30+ 4/5): “Spin, breathe, spin, breathe, turn, hammer.”

Tom Panton (XXX Racing-AthletiCo; 30+ 4/5): “It’s a huge sense of accomplishment when you help a teammate do well.”

Dale Tye (Altarum Cycling; W-P/1/2/3): “Everyone was just really tired and that made the whole race a bit of a non-event.”